Slayer - "Death's Head" Guitar Tab
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DEATH'S HEAD
By SLAYER
(Music & Lyrics: Hanneman)
As Performed On DIABOLUS IN MUSICA 1998
AMERICAN Recordings
Tabbed By Ema
Tuning Db
RIFF 1 INTRO x1
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|-000-----000-----000-----000-----000-----000-----|
...x ...x ...x ...x ...x ...x
FILL 1
|KING
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-5\4---5\4---5\4---|
|-3\2---3\2---3\2---|
| x x x
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|HANNEMAN
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-320---320---320---|
... ... ...
RIFF 2 VERSE x8
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-2--5--8--7--|-2--3--8--7--|
|-0--3--6--5--|-0--1--6--5--|
RIFF 3 BRIDGE x1
|KING
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-----3b^---2b^---3-----5---666---666---|
|-0-----------------1-----3---444---444---|
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|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------3-----5---6-----6-----|
|-0-----------------1-----3---4-----4-----|
|KING
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-----3b^---2b^---3-----5---5\4---5\4---|
|-0-----------------1-----3---3\2---3\2---|
| x x
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|HANNEMAN
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------3-----5---------------|
|-0-----------------1-----3---320---320---|
... ...
RIFF 2 VERSE x8
RIFF 3 BRIDGE x1
RIFF 4 BREAK x1
|KING WAH WAH_____ WAH WAH_____ WAH WAH_____ A.H.
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|-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---|
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|HANNEMAN
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|KING
| WAH________ N.H._ WAH WAH_____ WAH WAH_____ A.H.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---10-9-9-9-8b^^^^---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|HANNEMAN A.H. WAH & BAR
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------3//////--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(2)--------------------------------------------------------------x\\\\--|
|-(0)---------------------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF 2 VERSE x8
SOLO HANNEMAN
A.H. BAR N.H. BAR
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5////////\/\/\\////\\/\/\\----|
|-3^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^////////---------5////////\/\/\\////\\/\/\\----|
|----------------------------x\\\\--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
BAR N.H. BAR WITH TREMOLO EFFECT
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------24////\\\\\\\\\\\\----|
|-//21b/\/\/\/\\----24////\\\\\\\\\\\\----|
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RIFF 5 x4 UNDER SOLO
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-3-----2-5-|-4-4-4-3-----2-5-|
|-2-2-2-1-----0-3-|-2-2-2-1-----0-3-|
RIFF 6 BREAK x1
|HANNEMAN WITH TREMOLO EFFECT
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|
|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|
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|KING
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|
x
|HANNEMAN WITH TREMOLO EFFECT x2
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|
|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|
|
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|KING x2
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|HANNEMAN WITH TREMOLO EFFECT
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|-5-5-5-4-----2-6-|
|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|-3-3-3-2-----0-4-|
|
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|KING
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------12\\-|
|-----------------|------------12\\-|
RIFF 2 VERSE x7
RIFF 2A VERSE x1
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-2--5--8--7--|-2--3--8--7--|
|-0--3--6--5--|-0--1--6--5--|
. . . .x
BASS FILL
RIFF 7 INTERLUDE x1
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
. . . . . .
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2---2-4---5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----|
. .
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
. . . . . .
|KING
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-4-----6-----|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------3-2---5-4-|
| . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-4-------5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------3-2-6-----|
. . .
BASS FILL
KING FINGER SLIDE
RIFF 7A INTERLUDE x1
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
. . . . . .
|KING
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3-----6-----|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------2-4---5-4-|
| . . . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2---2-4---5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----|
. .
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-------|-------------------4-4-4-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-------------4-4-4-|-3-3-3-0-0-0-1-1-1-------|
. . . . . .
|KING
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2-3-----6-----|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4---------4-3---5-4-|
| . . . . . .
|
|HANNEMAN
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-6-6-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-------4-4-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-6-6-6-2-2-2---4-3---5-4-|
|-2-2-2-------------------|-4-4-4-------3-----6-----|
. .
RIFF 8 BREAK x1
|KING WITH WAH x3
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------6666-4444-------------|
|-4444-4444-3333-------------|
|-2222-----------------------|
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|HANNEMAN x3
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------------------5-7-8-----|
|------------------3-5-6-----|
x
|KING WITH WAH
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|------6666-4444-------------|
|-4444-4444-3333---x\\\\\\\--|
|-2222-----------------------|
|
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|HANNEMAN
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-x\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\----|
|----------------------------|
RIFF 9 OUTRO x1
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|---------4-3b^^------------------------------------------4-3b^^---------------|
|-2---0-2----------0-2-6-5b^^---0-2-3-2b^^--3-5-6-0---0-2---------0-2-3-2b^^---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|---------------2-1-|
|---------3-2-3-----|
|-3-2-0-2-----------|
. . . .
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|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------4-3b^^------------------------------------------4-3b^^---------------|
|-2---0-2----------0-2-6-5b^^---0-2-3-2b^^--3-5-6-0---0-2---------0-2-3-2b^^---|
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
|KING
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------3-2-------------------5-4-2---|
|-3-2-0-2-----5-6-5-4-5-4-3-4-3-3-2-0---|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
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|HANNEMAN
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------3-2---6-5---5-4---4-3-5-4-2---|
|-3-2-0-2-----5-----4-----3-----3-2-0---|
. . . . . . . x
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